Schwarz Designing New Fort Worth Class A Office Building

A new 16-story office building, The Carnegie, will be the first new building for Fort Worth's premier mixed-use development, Sundance Square, in more than five years.

Designed by David M. Schwarz, The Carnegie is a 16-story Class A office building planned for Fort Worth's Sundance Square.

New Class A Space Planned for Fort Worth's Sundance Square

A 16-story office building is planned for Sundance Square at Lamar and East Third streets in downtown Fort Worth. The 300,000-sq.-ft., Class A building is expected to open in June 2008. The building is named The Carnegie in recognition of its proximity to the Fort Worth Public Library, which was inspired by Fort Worth's original Carnegie Library.

The building will be the first to be constructed in Sundance Square since 2002.

"Sundance Square has come to be known as the prestige location for the highest quality Class A office space in downtown Fort Worth," said Ed Bass, who is leading the project development. "The Carnegie will continue the tradition, with terrific proximity to all of Sundance Square's amenities."

David M. Schwarz/Architectural Services, Inc. is designing the building.

"It is really exciting to keep working in downtown Fort Worth," said David Schwarz, principal of David M. Schwarz/Architectural Services.

The Projects Group will oversee construction of the new tower that will begin by winter.

Tesoro to Build New Corporate HQ Campus in San Antonio

Tesoro Corp., an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products, has announced that it will construct a new corporate headquarters campus in San Antonio. The campus will be located in a new Class A master-planned office park being developed by Patrinely Group of Houston at the intersection of U.S. Hwy. 281 N. and Redland Road, north of Loop 1604.

Company growth over the past several years has forced Tesoros' employee base to be divided into two separate buildings in San Antonio. The new campus will bring all Tesoro employees back together in one location.

The new master-planned office park will be located on 122 acres of land on San Antonio's north side. Tesoro's corporate campus will utilize a portion of the property and will include approximately 600,000 sq. ft. of office space.

The Houston office of Gensler has been chosen to design the overall master plan for the park, in addition to Tesoro's new headquarters campus, which is scheduled to be completed in 2009.

Engineering work is being done by San Antonio-based Pape-Dawson Engineers Inc.

Westwood Nears Completion On Glass Cactus Complex

Construction is nearing completion on Grapevine’s new multi-level Glass Cactus entertainment complex, with 26,000 sq. ft. of inside space and almost 14,000 sq. ft. of outside decking.

Westwood Contractors Inc. is nearing completion on a new entertainment complex at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine.

The multi-level Glass Cactus will have 26,000-sq. ft. of inside space and almost 14,000 sq. ft. of outside decking on a peninsula with sweeping views of Lake Grapevine. The multi-dimensional entertainment facility will spotlight audio and visual capabilities. Designed by HKS, the building is predominately glass and stone with an open-air exposure providing ambience true to its Texas surroundings.

Cadence McShane To Build Facility For White's Chapel in Southlake

Cadence McShane Corp. has announced that the firm has been selected to provide comprehensive construction services for a new 35,000-sq.-ft. expansion to White's Chapel United Methodist Church in Southlake. Cadence McShane, and project architect, Jacobs & Associates, will construct Buildings A and B with classrooms for adult and child education as well as daycare facilities. In total, 20 new classrooms will be completed in March 2007 to support the educational requirements of the congregation.

The church is located on a 23-acre site and currently supports approximately 8,000 members.

The new buildings will be constructed with a stucco exterior to complement the existing church structures. Building A has been designed to house six classrooms for adult education along with a large educational room. Building B will include eight classrooms on the ground floor for the children's ministries and a daycare program. The second level of Building B will include an additional six classrooms and a large meeting room for the church's youth department. In addition to new educational areas, Cadence McShane will also complete the comprehensive site work to support the new expansion.